Maggie Estep

New Jersey born poet Maggie Estep had been sharing her pieces of short fiction with audiences at New York nightspots that included the Nuyorican Poets' Café and Café Bustelo when MTV scouts caught one of her readings. Enthused by what they heard, they booked her onto the network. Her subsequent MTV appearances brought about great career changes for the fledgling poet. Appearances on the Lollapalooza tour followed, as well as the release of two spoken-word recordings. Imago put out Estep's No More Mr. Nice Girl CD in 1994 and Mercury issued Love Is a Dog From Hell in 1997. That...